For some reason this reminds me of a guy I know who is opposed to bug spray on animal cruelty grounds. Apparently his better solution would be to trap all the roaches and release them outside. Never did find out if he ever had a chance to put his ideas into practice.
You should kick his ass on principle.
“... this reminds me of a guy I know who is opposed to bug spray on animal cruelty grounds ...”
Sounds like my wife. Her friend’s house had roaches. They wanted to get rid of the roaches without killing them. My wife and he friend are Buddhist; can’t kill. I discovered that they have a roach hormone then prevents them from reproducing. I got some (it’s a glass capsule of liquid in a plastic case with a coffee filter) and about 5 weeks later there were no roaches.